MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 39.12,-108.53 Latitude: 39.12 Longitude: -108.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 118 1 950 556 2 900 1019 3 850 1512 SFC 818 1843 19.3 1.3 30 18.1 9.3 177 3 309.8 310.7 290.5 325.7 5.12 5 800 2037 22.7 0.0 22 22.7 10.0 177 5 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.6 4.79 6 750 2596 21.1 -3.5 19 24.6 8.0 251 12 319.5 320.3 292.3 332.3 3.93 7 700 3187 16.6 -6.3 20 22.9 5.1 273 23 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.41 8 650 3811 11.0 -7.0 28 18.0 2.2 274 26 321.4 322.1 292.5 332.9 3.48 9 600 4471 4.9 -7.7 40 12.6 -1.0 263 24 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.6 3.58 10 550 5172 -1.7 -8.8 58 7.2 -4.9 256 25 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.9 3.56 11 500 5922 -7.6 -12.9 66 5.3 -9.7 258 34 323.8 324.4 292.6 333.3 2.83 12 450 6735 -11.9 -27.9 25 16.0 -16.0 270 34 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.3 0.85 13 400 7625 -18.6 -29.9 36 11.3 -21.1 283 29 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.80 14 350 8604 -26.9 -30.4 72 3.5 -27.6 274 27 332.5 332.6 293.2 335.7 0.87 15 300 9697 -35.0 -38.0 74 3.0 -35.4 274 44 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.48 16 250 10941 -44.9 -47.7 73 2.8 -45.0 277 52 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.21 17 200 12396 -55.9 -63.4 39 7.5 -56.1 279 53 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14181 -65.0 -74.5 26 9.4 -65.1 281 52 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16644 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.6 -67.1 273 16 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.14 m Freezing level: 562.62 mb = 4995.31 m = 16388.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.06 mb = 4253.26 m = 13954.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.06 mb = 4146.82 m = 13604.88 ft T: 7.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 0.13 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.09 mb = 5982.69 m = 19628.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5487.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 541.59 mb = 5293.43 m = 17366.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: -17.2 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 75.38 m/s